The data he compiled yielded a mathematical formula for the relationship between a room's echo duration, its quantity and quality of sound-absorbing materials, and its spatial volume.
The reader who approaches this book more or less unprepared will perhaps be astonished at the amount of historical material I bring to bear on my investigation.
A change in materials from polished concrete to wooden floorboards reinforces this. The concrete's glossy surface also helps reflect light, and matches the cast kitchen countertops.
Shelves behind the bar are made from file drawers from the National Museum of Denmark's archive, while the counter itself is constructed from old factory floorboards.
The external materials chosen for the studio were all natural materials with an emphasis on timber that would silver over time, making it blend in with the timbers, water and rocks of the landscape.
Besides the usual college-level courses in science, mathematics, and communications, the program provides a knowledge of hazardous materials, building construction, and firefighter safety.
When it has all been read-mainly in greek but sometimes in latin hebrew coptic syriac aramaic arabic nubian and early persian-the new material will probably add up to around five million words.
Like other modern architects, he employed metal, glass and laminated wood materials that we take for granted today but that in the 1940s symbolized the future.